EB COVE U/G: 32 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Lander County,
NV
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602373
EB COVE U/G has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1999–2000
- Latest incident
- Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
significant & substantial
$2,415
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
EB COVE U/G has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
32.3%
significant & substantial
19.4%
high negligence or reckless
32.3%
reasonably likely or greater
64.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.1% low, 64.5% moderate, 19.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
EB COVE U/G recorded 7.82 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.23 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
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Small Mine Development
1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
22 |
| 2000 |
23 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
EB COVE U/G sits in Lander County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 28.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Lander County, Nevada · Population 5,745
28.2%
Mining share of county employment
$84,474
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter |
Hours worked |
Citations |
S&S |
Per 1M hrs |
| 2001 Q3 |
3,236 |
1 |
1 |
309.0 |
| 2001 Q2 |
8,772 |
10 |
4 |
1140.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
14,259 |
5 |
0 |
350.7 |
| 2000 Q4 |
13,801 |
1 |
0 |
72.5 |
| 2000 Q3 |
14,197 |
4 |
1 |
281.7 |
| 2000 Q2 |
13,558 |
7 |
3 |
516.3 |
| 2000 Q1 |
9,567 |
4 |
1 |
418.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2000 · 2 incidents
November 30, 2000
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
miner, nec
MACHINERY
Small Mine Development · Struck by falling object
WORKER WAS BOLTING IN THE PRIMARY SUMP WITH THE JACKLEG DRILL. PUT A 6' SPLIT BOLT W/MONSTER MAT BY HAND. BEFORE WORKER COULD GET UNDER IT WITH JACKLEG, BOLT FELL OUT AND MONSTER MAT PLATE CUT THROUGH HIS BOOT AND INTO HIS SHIN.
February 19, 2000
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Small Mine Development · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A POWER CABLE WHILE PLACING THE CABLE HANGER, THE POWER CABLE SLIPPING CAUSING THE CLAMP TO SPRING BACK AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
1999 · 5 incidents
November 8, 1999
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
MACHINERY
Small Mine Development · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A MINER BACKED A REMOTE MUCKER INTO HIMSELF AND BECAME TRAPPED UNTIL A RESCUE CREW COULD FREE HIM (APPROX 30 MIN).
Small Mine Development · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN CSDN.
June 20, 1999
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Small Mine Development · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS BOLTING IN CSDI. WHEN PULLING HIS MACHINEOUT OF HOLE HE LOST HIS BALANCE HE TURNED TO STEP BACK AND HIS FOOT WAS BETWEEN ROCKS & DIDNT TURN WITH HIS BODY. HE SPRAINED HIS KNEE. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WALK & HE WENT TO DR HIS KNEE HAD SOME SWELLING HE WAS PUT IN A BRACE
Small Mine Development · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE SNEW & TC4 INTERSECTION WHEN THE FAULT THROUGH THAT AREA SLIPPED. TWO MINERS WORKING THAT AREA EVACUATED AND THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN. THAT NIGHT MORE GROUND FELL WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO SUPPORT IT. THE AREA WAS ABANDONED AND NEW MINE PLAN WAS PUT INTO EFFECT. NO INJURY OCCURRED.
Small Mine Development · Struck by falling object
EE WAS PULLING A JACK HAMMER OUT OF A HOLE AND LOST HIS HOLD OF IT AND HE STEPPED BACK LETTING THE HAMMER FALL ON HIS FOOT.